MSBIAS taxon details
Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
138691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138691)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138691 on 2025-09-15
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138691 on 2025-09-15
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acteon tornatilis)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Hoek van Holland, collected 2009-10-23, ex coll. J.N.J. Post .)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) United Kingdom, Gwynedd, Fairbourne, in high tide line on the beach, collected 30th June 1989, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis)
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acteon tornatilis)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Hoek van Holland, collected 2009-10-23, ex coll. J.N.J. Post .)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) United Kingdom, Gwynedd, Fairbourne, in high tide line on the beach, collected 30th June 1989, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis)
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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